Cancer Research

The activist and lawyer beat cancer in her twenties to found Sharsheret, the cancer information and support organization.

05/31/2015 - 20:00

JTA

Rochelle Shoretz, whose own breast cancer diagnosis at age 28 led her to found the national cancer organization Sharsheret, died Sunday afternoon at her home in Teaneck, New Jersey. She was 42. The cause of death was complications from breast cancer.